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Today, the House Ways & Means Committee asked Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin to report to the committee in a hearing on the President’s Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Proposal. Rep.
An Historic Reform Package to Restore Voting Rights Protections, Confront the Culture of Corruption in Washington, and Reduce the Role of Money in Politics
WASHINGTON - Rep. John Lewis (GA) is one of the co-authors of the Voter Empowerment Act, included nearly in its entirety in H.R.
In Opposition to State Takeover of Atlanta Airport
“For nearly a century, the people of the City of Atlanta have put their blood, sweat, and tears into the development of Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, which today transports over 107 million travelers a year. It has been their vision and their leadership that had the capacity to transform an abandoned racetrack into the busiest airport in the world.
Rep. John Lewis made this statement today on the House floor in support of H.J. Res 46, a Resolution Opposing the Border Wall and National Emergency Declaration: (video available here)
WASHINGTON, DC – Lead sponsors Rep. John Lewis (GA-5), House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD-5), Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (SC-6), and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) reintroduced the Voter Empowerment Act (H.R. 1275) in the House of Representatives yesterday. Sen.
WASHINGTON - Hoy, el Representante John Lewis (D-GA) y el Representante Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introdujeron la Ley de Sueños de Educación Superior de 2019, como una respuesta a la acción discriminatoria de estados que niegan la entrada de algunos inmigrantes a sus instituciones universitarias.
“This nation has lost one of the great legislators of our time. Rep. John Dingell was a man who did not hesitate to stand up, speak up and speak out for those who were left out and left behind. He was a champion of Medicare and health care reform.
“I am relieved for the families of over 800,000 dedicated federal workers, including thousands of my constituents, that the longest government shutdown in American history is finally over. They did not deserve these consequences, and I hope that they receive their paychecks without delay. Further, I hope that federal contractors who have gone without pay will also be made whole.